*I have been blocked for using my first name, Ban, as a username. Your username policy says nothing that could indicate "Ban" as being an impersonation of someone, offensive, or otherwise worthy of any level of blocking. Here is the error message:* *Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing*. You were blocked by Anonymous editor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anonymous_editor>for the following reason (see our blocking policy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy>): "username" Your IP address is *64.233.172.4*. *If there is some obvious reason for blocking me that I cannot see, then can I use "Ban Galen?"* *Thank you for your time.* *: Ban Galen :*

maru dubshinki wrote: of "username" then can Might want to cc: that to the OP... -- Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax Contributor to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia "We make the internet not suck" - Jimbo Wales Public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax/OpenPGP _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Bah. He sent a mail to Wikien-l, he can bloody well follow any replies himself.